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may ultimately be compiled: and in reply to state that I have received a
despatch from the Earl of Derby, similar to the one His Excellency the Administrator has received
from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in which I am instructed to give all
assistance in my power in framing this Schedule; and accordingly I have drawn one
which I have now the honor to submit for the consideration of the Administrator and with great respect to remark:-
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That conceiving that the claim or claims for Rendition were founded upon alleged breaches of Chinese Laws, it is expedient to set forth as briefly as possible the offences in question, having regard in doing so to the Chinese Imperial Code. I take this to be necessary, considering that many offences are by Chinese Law held to be criminal which by British Law would be civil and so vice versâ; and therefore to avoid future doubts or exceptions, the best course is